Estimation of objective driven porous material mechanical properties

A method of estimating a material mechanical property of a porous material, for an application or objective with a specific application frequency and application strain amplitude, includes estimating an application frequency and an application strain amplitude for use in a targeted application or objective, and constructing a frequency transfer function relating the material mechanical property to measurement frequencies, the measurement frequency range including a measurement frequency different from the application frequency. The method also includes constructing a strain amplitude transfer function relating the material mechanical property at the measurement strain amplitude and the material mechanical property at the application strain amplitude, the measurement strain amplitude different from the application strain amplitude, deriving the material mechanical property from the frequency transfer function using the application frequency, and predicting the material mechanical property from the strain amplitude transformation function using the derived material mechanical property.